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T. Boone Pickens gives $25,000 for Dallas city employees to attend bowl game

Dallas energy entrepreneur and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens – an Oklahoma State alumnus — has donated $25,000 to allow city of Dallas employees to attend the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Oklahoma State is playing Purdue at 11 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the Cotton Bowl.

The Heart of Dallas Bowl benefits charities serving the homeless in Dallas and has the nonprofit Heart of Dallas as the title sponsor. It is a new nonprofit that hosts sports and entertainment events benefiting Dallas charities. It also hopes to inspire young people in Dallas to become the next generation of influencers and philanthropists.

“I am thrilled to support the Heart of Dallas Bowl, and specifically its efforts to help eradicate homelessness in our city,” Pickens said in a news release.

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